Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-19
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

There are eighty-three persons or
firms in Walla Walla who pay taxes
ON over $4,000 worth of property.
c. F. Clapp has sold his farm near
Dungeness, known as the Smalley
place, for $40, 900 to George Lotzgesell,
of that county.
Seven hundred and thirty thousand
acres of Northern Pacific railroad land
in Yakima county have been assessed
for taxation at $3.50, 900.
Aaron Hamlet, a young man lately
in the employ of the Hop Growers
Association of King county, was killed,
last Friday, by rolling log.
The steamers Alaskan and Telephone
Friday afternoon had thirteen mile
race on the Columbia river. 1t WAS
a draw, the boats running neck and
neck.
The census roll of Whitman county
has not been completed yet, but the
assessor claims it will reach 10000
A good showing for a D." bunch grass"
county.
The Skagit county census shows
a population of 1856, gain of $40
over 1886. The assessment roll foots
up $1,241 $3.50 an increase of SAC, 1906
over last year.
Eliot F. Shepard, of New York,
lately presented the Presbyterian
church, of Tacoma, with $500, and
another tourist placed 500 in the
contribution box.
The Centralia News says sparks from
locomotives set fires in forests and
meadows along the railroad track, caus-
ing great damage. Near Tenino, q
large barn was burned.
Times throughout the entire Puget
Sound basin are prOsperOus-lOgging
camps all in full blast and every mill
on the Sound with the exception of
the Bellingham mill is crowded to its
utmost capacity.
Lillienthal and company, of San
Francisco, made the first shipment OF
this years crop of hops from the Pa
cific coast to New York on Thursday
of last week. The picking there is
about a month earlier than in the
Puyallup valley.
Capt. Thomas F. Wilson, of the
steamer North Pacific, which plies be-
tween Tacoma and Victoria, died
, suddenly of heart disease, Wednesday
morning of last week at 8 o'clock
when his steamer was near Port Town
send, en- route to Victoria.
The population of Whatcom county
just completed by county assessor Gus
ter, is 3, 2O4, and proportioned as fol.
lows: Males, 1866; females, 1,43S
married, !, l56; single, 1,O48, including
children; males over 81 years of age
982; females over 81 years of age, 565.
The old steamer J. B. Libby, we'll
known in this port, has been recon.
structed in Seattle and yesterday left
Port Townsend to commence running
on the route between Port Townsend
and Sehome. This boat is now propel.
Ter instead a a side wheeler as former.
ly.
The cooperative colony at Port
Angeles has purchased the trading
sloop August formerly owned at Port
Townsend, for the sum of 5000. They
have also bought of parties in Sc.
attic fishing smack with seins, nets,
etc, comprising complete fishing out.
fits.
The stream utilized in the big tun.
mel on the west end of the same has
fallen so much that it is of little use
at the present stage, while the stream
at the east end, though it has fallen
very much, is still of considerable SER
vice; but steam is the main depend
ence at both ends.
Captain Roberts, of the Geo. f.
Starr, succeeds the late Capt. Wilson
as master of the North Pacific, and
Captain Green of the Emma Hayward
succeeds Captain Roberts of the Geo.
E. Starr, and Mr.. o. Anderson, former.
ly mate of the North Pacific, has been
promoted to the captaincy of the
Emma Hayward.
An instance of the profits of garden.
ing in this locality is afforded by the
experience of Mr.. McMinn, mentioned
in a recent issue as clearing $50 an
acre on potatoes. He began operations
six years ago on sixteen rented acres
of the Ingle farm. In one year he
made 81 900 from the patch. With this
money he bought adjoining land, and
he now owns 123 acres; largely in
orchard and garden, from which he de-
rives handsome profit.-Walla Walla
Journal.
1t is sometimes amusing to see the
great number of Indian canoe oar,
and paddles which tourists bring from
Alaska as old Indian relics. An ole
Alaska pioneer said to a Ledger re
porter yesterday: "The most of those
paddles are made and painted by
Cinnamon in San Francisco, shipped
to Alaskan points and sold as Indian
relics, brought down to Tacoma on the
steamers and carried thousands O.
miles away."-Ledger.
| Yakima Signal: The farmers and
shippers propose to put one or more
steamers on the Skagit river, to rur
between Kennewick and Lewiston
and compete with the o. r. & N. flee
in the hauling of grain. 1t is figured
that grain along the Snake can b.
, moved to Kennewick for 81 Is per
ton, making the rate to the Sound
via the switchback, IS Is Per ton, a re
duction of IS cents on the o. r. & N
charges. As wheat is worth dollar
more in Tacoma than it is in Portland
the benefits which would thus secur,
to the farmers would be of . material
, character.
Assessor Quilter of King county thi
| year assessed the city front of Seattl,
which has always before lodged assess
ment. Mortgages in King count,
were also assessed, and $20-gold pieces
were assessed for $50 instead of IS a,
, heretofore. 5000 mercantile stock
were not permitted to 60 in for $3.50
as in this county. Quilter had nerv,
and backbone, and put an interpreta
ton upon the revenue laws consisten
= with justice and common sense. Al
assessor of Cutters nerve and judg
ment in every county in the Territor!